Category: The Nerd Off (Page 1 of 22)

Rod, Karen and Shanna discuss listener feedback, entertainment, “Superhero” trademark battle, PS5 Pro PSN restriction, Dynamic Dou animated film, Avatar AAA game, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ubisoft, Warhammer Dev talks about “Over scoping” games, CGI Rugrats, Max losing Cartoon Network classics, Halo moving Unreal 5, Velma canceled, Joker 2 fallout, Lanterns cast Aaron Pierre, A Quiet Place game has microphone feature, Henry Cavil will star in Voltron, Nintendo Alarm clock, Death Note game, Bandai Namco expulsion rooms, Assassin’s Creed Shadow controversy, Xbox pulls Game Pass trial before Black Ops 6, God of War TV show resets, Tales of Kenzera Zau puts workers on redundancy notice, Steam review bombing War Hammer 40,000 over nerf patch, Horizon Zero Dawn adding more NPCs, Kuwait blocks Call of Duty: Black Ops, View Master movie and the Sony video game music concert series.

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Rod and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, the PS5 Pro, Dr. Disrespect defends himself, GRRM still ain’t wrote them books, Peter Renaday dies, Jonathan Majors at Famous Monsters Fest, Bleach live-action movie in the works, Microsoft lays off 650 people, Flappy Bird is back, PS5 hub update, Knull creators had no idea character was in new Venom movie, Annapurna’s entire gaming staff resigns, Pokemon suing Palworld, Donald Glover wants to make Star Wars fun again, Inside Out 2 development was fucked up, EA not making a new Sims but expanding on the Sims 4, Silent Hill 2 remake exclusive to PS5 for a year, Arcane season 2, Stardew Valley LEGO build, Ubisoft struggling, Ghost of Yotei announced, Robocop TV series, new law will make storefront disclose you don’t own digital media, Valve unique way to crack down on cheaters, Hideo Kojima signs deal for movies and anime, Bane / Deathstroke movie, Meta Quest 3S only $300 and Fntastic is back!

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Rod and Karen discuss Listener feedback, entertainment, Attack of Titan movie, Black Myth: Wukong streaming rules, Beau DeMayo, Xbox GamePass games will be delayed in teirs, Ultron returning for Vision TV series, Playstation 5 price increase in Japan, Cyberpunk 2077 animation, Marathon director fired for misconduct, Amazon Games CEO has controversial AI comments, Dustborn Devs dealing with hate, Visions of Mana Dev shut down, The Batman video game, Rocksteady layoffs due to Suicide Squad game sales, Invincible live-action movie, Concord shuts down after 2 weeks, Marvel vs Capcom coming to Xbox, Enotria vs Microsoft, Star Wars Outlaws sales lower than expected, Twilight anime, Playstation exec wants more PS originated games, Creature Comamandos release date, Dr. Disrespect is back, Hi-Fi Rush founder thought the game’s success secured studio’s future and Beau Demayo removed The Blade.

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Rod, Karen and LJ discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Beau De Mayo vs Disney, Dr. Disrespect deletes statement, RDJ is back as Doom, Bungie layoffs, Jamie Lee Curtis apologizes for dissing MCU, Battlestar Galactica reboot no longer happening, Game Informer shutting down, John Wick TV spinoff, Cartoon Network website shut down, Russian Chess players accused of poisoning rival, Airbnb Polly Pocket house, Borderlands 4 coming, Uwe Boll mocks Borderlands movie, Halle Berry almost reprised Storm, Paramount TV studios shuts down, Switch 2 won’t be here in 2024, Nic Cage to play John Madden, Tango Gameworks revival, Deadpool and Wolverine is the highest grossing Rated R movie ever, Epic Games store now on mobile devices, custom download options for COD, Corey Yuen died in 2022, Kit Harrington on the end of GoT, Final Fantasy 16 could come to Xbox, Secret Level TV show, Let’s Build A Dungeon and Rachael Lillis dies at 55.

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Rod and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, game out after 22 year delay, Arkham Asylum live action series no longer moving forward, Xbox Game Pass price increase with new tiers, Truck-kun anime trope, Men in Black 5, Russo Brothers in talks to return to Marvel, Halo TV series cancelled, Mr. and Mrs. Smith update, Nintendo releases joy-con charging station, some Phase 4 characters getting left out of MCU, Morbius director says he wasn’t a good fit, Kevin Feige getting Walk of Fame star, new basketball game announced, Nintendo revoke Splatoon 3 championship win, Hello Kitty is not a cat, Disney World slashes prices, Ike Perlmutter out, voice actors strike over AI in video games, GTA 6 gets exemption from actor strike, Bioshock film still coming to Netflix, Xbox 360 store ending soon, Whoopi Goldberg gets key to hell from Diablo 4, Marvel teases Fantastic 4, Japanese man jailed over bomb threats to Nintendo, The Boys prequel coming to Amazon, Cartoon Network crossover, no Superman at SDCC, new streaming bundle, Inside Out 2 officially highest grossing animated movie of all time, Ubisoft addresses historical authenticity in newest game, Activision used AI-generated cosmetic in MW3, Concord looking like a dud for Sony and Invincible season 4 announced.

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Rod, Karen and Jack discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Zack Snyder’s Justice League headed back to theaters, Uncharted sequel movie coming, Marvel Vs Capcom collection, Spaceballs sequel coming, Marvel returning to Hall H, Assassin Creed remakes coming, Nickmercs banned from Twitch, Demon Slayer’s final season will be a film trilogy, Switch 2 scalper prevention, Crazy Taxi reboot is ambitious, Fire TV getting Xbox Cloud gaming, Street Fighter movie coming in 2026, Steam players prefer Xbox Controllers, NBA 2K League fires everybody, Andrew Lincoln talks Glenn’s death, Iron Fist actor wants back in, Nintendo cautions against generative AI, Horizon Zero Dawn TV show stalls, Watch Dog movie going forward, Nintendo suing Switch modding company, Jujutsu Kaisen nugget sauce, the gamer saint and Umbrella Academy spinoff stalls.

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Rod, Justin, Bacon and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Black Superman movie, Sony removes 8K tag, Avengers 5 casting rumor, Pixar reboots and live action movies, Mad Max spinoff movies in jeopardy, Zack Snyder 300 prequel, AI streaming service, Like a Dragon live action series, Evangeline Lilly announces acting retirement, WB thought Suicide Squad game would be a big, Xbox Showcase, Doom: The Dark Ages coming to PS5, The Acolyte sets viewing record for Disney, The Boys ending with season 5, Arcane ending with season 2, Regular Show getting new series, Marvel loses another Blade director, Jordan Peele meets with Marvel, PS5 users can chat on Discord soon, House of the Dragon renewed, Transformers / GI Joe crossover movie, Valve being sued in UK, new updates to PS5 and Xbox, Mr. And Mrs. Smith stars may return, Russsell Crowe on comicbook movie roles, Tesla Cybertruck police vehicle, Assassin’s Creed Shadows producer responds to Yasuke backlash, new Dora movie, Dog from Walking Dead dies, Delicious in Dungeon getting second season,  Creature Commandos coming in December, FromSoftware talks game design, Power Rangers series on Netflix running into issues, Rebel Moon director’s cuts coming in August, Blue Beetle animated series, new Xbox consoles, Enemy Mine remake in the works, woman caught smuggling Nintendo Switch games and Pokemon convention scam.

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Rod, Karen and Sterling discuss listener feedback, entertainment, a new Riddick movie, Gina Carano wants that old thang back, Marvel will reduce output, Bethesda studio layoffs, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, there might be 9 Planet of the Apes movies, Ryan Coogler to direct Black Panther 3 and maybe X-Men, Chris Pratt not fumbling the bag, Square Enix going multiplatform, Phoebe Waller Bridge Tomb Raider series, John Wick: Caine spinoff, Silk: Spider Society shut down, Egyptologists discover pyramid collection, Daisy Ridley wants John Boyega back in Star Wars, why Kraven was moved to December, Pixar hit with layoff, Vision series coming in 2026, Deadpool & Wolverine sets sales record, George Lucas tries to defend Star Wars, Jeffrey Wright cast in Last of Us season 2, Nintendo opening second physical store, gamers are less interested in strategy, Playstation London closes, Hellblade 2 studio working on a new game for Microsoft, Scar Jo vs OpenAI and the fear of a Black samurai.

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Rod and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Funimation closure messing anime up, Keanu will voice Shadow, female-led Iron First rumor, One Punch Man movie update, Invincible video game crowdfunded, Take-Two layoffs, Helldivers 2 CEO speaks on realities of running a live service game, LittleBigPlanet server shutdown, Witcher Spin-Off canceled, Kraven the Hunter pushed back, Fallout 4 update blindsides mod creator, Fallout TV show is second most watched in Amazon history, Stellar Blade censorship controversy, Mario Kart toy recall, Xbox gaming financial report, Net Neutrality restored, BlizzCon canceled, flamethrower robo dog, Fallout TV show increases Fallout game players, Kingdom Hearts movie, Hasbro betting on in-house game development, Batman Arkham VR game, Kevin Feige told Hugh Jackman not to come back and play Wolverine, X-Men 97 mansion, Michelle Yeo receiving presidential medal, Redfall anniversary passes with no DLC, gator that inspired Loki gator kidnapped, Horizon: Zero Dawn pulled from PS store, Starfield update, Crunchyroll raising prices, My Adventures with Superman season 2, Chris Hemsworth wants another Thor movie and the Candy Crush priest.

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Rod, Karen and Joe discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Xmen97 show runner fired, Watch Dogs live action movie, Akira Toriyama dies, Dakota Johnson vs Sony, Playstation exclusives hurting the bottom line, WB delists Adult Swim video games, The Batman 2 sequel pushed back, Peacemaker season 1 isn’t cannon, Live action Teen Titans movie in the works, Apple sued by the DOJ, live action Popeye movie, Larian Studios not making Baldur’s Gate 3, GTA 6 production moving back to the office, police using Lego heads on suspects, Scar Jo in talks to star in Jurassic World movie, Kristen Stewart, Gearbox sold from Embracer to Take-Two, Isekai in the Oxford dictionary, Solo Leveling director went too hard, new Matrix movie announced, ESRB face scanning proprosal rejected, Crunchyroll announces profiles, Kirsten Dunst wasn’t asked to be in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Brightburn 2 not happening, Life is Strange toxic workplace, Gears 6 announced, old games taking up all gaming time, Jon Snow spinoff no longer happening, Star Wars Outlaws early access, Dead Space 2 Remake not happening, Nia DaCosta in talks to direct 28 Years Later, Heroes Eclipsed series returning, The Last Ronin R-Rated Live Action movie, Transformers / GI Joe movie announced, Star Trek streaming shows coming to an end, Fallout 4 update coming soon, Slay the Spire 2 won’t be on Unity engine, Thunderbolts*, GAME laying off staff and Japanese man arrested for Pokemon cheating.

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